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Why efforts to capture African food systems with GM technologies should be resisted – Study

A recent briefing paper has emphasised reasons why attempts to corrupt and capture African food systems with the latest GM technologies and their products...

Michael Simire - October 5, 2020

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Stakeholders push to unlock Africa’s agricultural mechanisation potential

Stakeholders in agricultural mechanisation have called for adoption of a value chain approach to mechanisation as one of the best options towards attaining high...

Michael Simire - October 2, 2020

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Nigeria at 60: Biosafety agency urges concerted efforts in safe application of modern biotechnology

As the country marks its 60 years of independence, the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Management (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has...

Michael Simire - September 30, 2020

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Niger Delta region has more than oil to offer – Agba

The Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr Clement Agba, says the Niger Delta region has more than oil to offer the country. Agba was...

Michael Simire - September 28, 2020

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No Monoculture Day: ERA flays monoculture plantations expansion in Nigeria

As the world celebrated the No Monoculture Day on Monday, September 21, 2020, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has said...

Michael Simire - September 21, 2020

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Mozambican communities, groups oppose industrial tree plantations

On the eve of the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations, the World Rainforest Movement (WRM) has released an open letter signed by over 730...

Michael Simire - September 20, 2020

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Chevron invests N4.3bn to boost agriculture in 2019 – Report

Chevron Nigeria Limited invested N4.3 billion through its Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) to boost agriculture in the oil rich region in...

Michael Simire - September 14, 2020

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How we averted food crisis despite COVID-19 pandemic, by Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says Federal Government’s wisdom in promoting self-sufficiency over the years has helped significantly in averting a food crisis, despite the COVID-19...

Michael Simire - September 10, 2020

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